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Problem Statement
Conversations with all levels of the OhioLINK community have been
consistent in highlighting the need to improve:
1. A vision of what OhioLINK is to accomplish
2. A plan for how this is to be accomplished
3. An organization to execute the plan
4. A methodology to make and communicate decisions
At the point that the local system vendor was selected and initial
functionality determined, the energies of the OhioLINK program became
very focused and concrete. Database preparation, local site
preparation, retrospective conversion, central site arrangements, and
UMI database loading have been primary tasks in this first stage.
As OhioLINK moves beyond the first stage, there is a gap in
understanding what is to happen next as we move to the long-term
vision. The tangible next steps that the operationally-oriented
committees and OhioLINK staff can easily focus on are missing. A
frequent question heard from committee chairs, "What should we do
These attitudes seem natural based on where the OhioLINK program
stands. The OhioLINK vision, plan, methodology and organization have
been geared entirely to the preparation, review, selection, and
implementation of the initial III local and central sites. While many
tasks associated with this effort will continue for some time, or
indefinitely, others are running their course. As the implementation
of the initial III sites continues, more interest and energy are
turning to the future.
There is a significant difference in the nature of the activities of
the first stage and those of the next stages. The first stage was
built around the concept of the local system linked to a central site.
While there are many functions involved, there is significant
experience with the systems to deliver those functions. The RFP may
have identified new frontiers, but much of what has been delivered are
established capabilities. The next stages do not have a unifying
element or focus. In fact, the III foundation presents a diverse set
of functional areas on which to build. That the OhioLINK community has
not easily identified and fully planned stage 2 activities, given their
nature and the demands of stage 1, is understandable.
Finally, the vision of OhioLINK often is treated as an end-state. A
something, a one thing that we are trying to achieve. Discussions need
to highlight the multi-personality, multi-phase nature of the
components of the vision. It is a process without end. With a
regularly updated vision to guide us, focus must be on realistic
step-by-step progress.
1. A vision of what OhioLINK is to accomplish.
The December 1989 OLIS document does an excellent job of
creating the grand picture of OhioLINK. That picture remains
essentially accurate. What needs to be done by the Governing
Board in concert with the LAC, PAC, and functional committees
is to distill that vision to a more operational level.
A. The key benefits of the vision document must be
B. The benefits must be translated into major services by
which they will be delivered.
C. The priorities for these services and the criteria for
evaluation of alternatives must be established.
D. The service priorities by user type (undergraduate
students, faculty and graduate students, and library staff)
must be established.
E. Functional action plans must be prepared.
Appendix I provides drafts of items A-D which provide the
guidelines for the action plans, Item E.
2. A plan for how this will be accomplished.
The greatest benefit of a set of action plans, is to promote
progress in the context of a complicated set of issues with
many decision-makers and operational staff involved. The
greatest risk, if used too rigidly, is to stifle individual
initiative and opportunities that occur in the course of
day-to-day activities. It is certainly advantageous to be able
to put in place experimental programs in one or several
institutions with some flexibility if within the scope of
OhioLINK goals. We must consider how to ensure the proper
There is always a sense that with a plan all uncertainty is
removed and that the future is crystal clear. In fact, this is
not the case. As a planning process is put in place the first
cycles are always less than satisfactory. The information
available to fully justify or delineate a plan is always
initially insufficient. The plan cannot account for new
opportunities that arise nor should it prevent opportunistic
changes. The plan always includes items meriting wide actions
-- ranging from full implementation to limited experimentation
to simple analysis. And most importantly, the plan is merely a
snapshot of an ongoing process that is always in some state of
flux. But it should always provide focus until that focus is
consciously changed.
The plans need to be created across the breadth of functional
areas and need to show coordination across inevitable committee
overlaps. The plans are summaries of intended action
consistent with the Governing Board's established guidelines.
As action plans their focus is on realistic, doable,
afford-able actions. The first portion of each plan consists
of the four items covered in recommendation #1. These become
the guidelines for operating plans and individual program
creation and evaluation.
A generic functional plan would consist of the following contents.
A. Translation of general benefits, service priorities,
approaches, and end user priorities to that specific functional area.
How do the general guidelines established by the Governing Board
translate to the specific needs of this area? Timeframes should be
included in the priorities. Focus should not only be on what should be
done but also on the reality of when it should be done. The plans
should attempt to cover up to three years if possible.
B. Specific summaries for each action:
1. Statement of action
2. Benefit provided and users serviced
3. Discussion of alternatives, specifics of the action, etc.
4. Cost/saving analysis
5. Tasks and timetables
This general format can work for actions of varying types. Fully
operational programs, test programs, III enhancements grouped into a
single action, and relatively unformulated actions at early stages of
thought can be accommodated. If thought of as a process, an action
summary can be included in a plan and enhanced until it is ready for a
final recommendation and decision. A summary need not be expansive to
deal adequately with its topic at an early stage. It should be an easy
vehicle to introduce an idea and at an early stage focus on the right
questions about it. Further, it should be easy to update and enhance
and use as a communication vehicle. Action summaries provide a common,
consistent vehicle for creating, analyzing, and deciding the OhioLINK
An initial approach to create these plans is for the OhioLINK staff to
work with each of the committee chairs to draft the plans. This would
provide initial consistency across the plans. These drafts would then
be reviewed and modified as necessary by the full committees. On an
on-going basis, the committees in concert with the OhioLINK staff would
be the focal point for review, additions, modifications, expansion and
execution of the action plans. The LAC, PAC and Governing Board would
review, provide direction on modifications and additions, and approve
these plans.
Getting through an initial creation will be difficult and may initially
require more updating and review as the OhioLINK community adapts to
this system and learns what is working and what is not. As to the
review timing, general progress should be comprehensively reviewed at
the Governing Board, PAC, and LAC semi-annually with full restatement
of the plans annually.
Until we know what our agenda is, we don't know what work needs to be
accomplished and whether OhioLINK staff, the steering committees, ad
hoc task forces, or other work groups are the most appropriate means
to execute the tasks. There will continue to be work in progress, but
the sooner we get a set of plans, the better prepared we will be to act
in a complete fashion.
"Sooner" does not mean in advance of required building blocks. At a
certain point, our planning efforts become futile in the absence of a
known or "expected" operating and capital budgets. We are particularly
vulnerable to budget uncertainties due to the unique capital budget
situation, and the potential disruption from the Comdata contract. The
following is proposed with respect to the planning process:
a.Continue to work with the existing committees and proceed
with priority work and initiatives that are obvious or likely
components of more explicit future plans. Let's not bring
progress to a halt just for the plan's sake.
b. Begin, through the OhioLINK staff, in concert with the
existing Chairs, to draft the elements of the planning
documents. It will be a learning process in what our plans
will consist of. The OhioLINK Executive Director should
provide leadership in beginning the process during this
transitional period.
c. Obtain additional input from LAC, PAC and the Governing
Board on the overall objectives and user service priorities as
proposed in Appendix I.
d. After selection of the various committee members as
noted below, and assuming more know-ledge of our future
budgets, create the first plan editions during the Feb-Mar 93
e. Plan for a spring meeting of the Governing Board, LAC,
PAC, Chairs, OhioLINK staff and other needed personnel to fully
discuss the plans and their implications. Through this meeting
arrive at a sense of consensus and approval. Such a meeting
could be held at one of the State park lodges.
3. An organization to execute the plan
A. A LAC coordinating committee (not steering committee)
will be formed consisting of four library directors. This new
committee will replace the software enhancements committee as
well as provide general oversight, screening and review of
committee work and activities on behalf of LAC. The specifics
of the coordinating committee's mandate should be determined
somewhat case by case at the discretion of the LAC Chair until
clear routine and advantageous procedures develop. It is not a
decision making group, but advisory and a defacto, standing ad
hoc committee to facilitate the work of LAC. The committee
chairs, and others, will be called upon as needed to consult
with this group in the course of its work.
The members of this committee will consist of the LAC chair and
three directors appointed by the chair. These latter three
will serve for three years with terms expiring one per year.
Which means, initially, of the first t hree, one would serve
for one year, one for two years, and one for three years t o
get this cycle underway. The LAC Chair and appointed directors
can serve cons ecutive terms. LACCC duties are not to be
carried out through proxy.
The initial three directors of the LAC Coordinating Committee
(LACCC) members should be appointed no later than the 12/9/92
meeting. The first year will be considered a trial, after
which, if deemed successful, the first director will be
replaced as part of the normal cycle with the one revolving
LACCC member appointed each December.
The current LAC chair will serve through calendar 1993 for
continuity in working with the committee reorganization and
OhioLINK issues. The initial new term will run January 1994 to
December 1995. Immediately preceding each new term, a
nominating committee will be appointed by the chair in October
to present a single candidate for confirmation by the LAC in
B. The current nine committees should be reformulated into
four major standing committees with other committee support as
noted below. With nine committees, we have too many
coordination and communication points to facilitate a process
that sets and keeps priorities in order. Selection of new
committee members that reflects the interests and scope of all
the former committees is crucial.
New Committee Former Committees
Database Standards Database Preparation
and Management Retrospective Conversion
User Services OPAC
External Databases
Education & Training
Cooperative Information CMDC
Resources Management
Inter-Campus Services ILL/Circulation/Document Delivery
C. These groups would be supported by task and time-bound
task forces that will be appointed and be comprised of standing
committee members and others on an as needed basis. The use of
task forces is a shift we need to make in order to focus on
outputs and to generate the amount of effort needed to move
forward. The task force approach maintains the broad-based
participation that has been and will continue to be the
strength and backbone of the OhioLINK effort.
The Lead Implementors group will continue as a communication
and training vehicle under the general coordination of OhioLINK
staff. Its continued existence will be reviewed no later than
December 1993 and annually thereafter.
D. Currently we have committee members and associates.
This two-tier approach provides each institution with a
representative on each committee in at least a secondary
fashion. It also ensures appropriate awareness at each
institution of issues that may ultimately affect each one.
With the combining of committees, it becomes more difficult to
communicate to all interested and required parties in each
institution utilizing this one institution/one member or
associate formula. This, and the possible perception of the
reduced role of associates, must be considered.
Recommendations are:
1. That the four full committees continue to consist of
one representative of each member institution, nine members and
nine associates. The full committee would be expected to meet
up to four times per year, especially as the new committees
begin operations. The express purpose of such meetings would
be to discuss and review the latest priorities and plans as
part of the annual OhioLINK planning process.
If through normal selection procedures, a representative from
each of the law and medical library communities is not on each
active committee (rather than associates), then associates or
other representatives will be added to the active committees by
LACCC to ensure participation for these two groups.
2. That the term "affiliates" be created to mean anyone in
each institution, not included in the full membership, who
wishes to receive minutes and other e-mail regularly exchanged
by each committee. By allowing affiliates to self-select
themselves, this allows multiple staff in each institution
access to the committees workings and the ability to advise
their representatives or the committee directly.
3. That the currently defined structure for selection of
members and associates be maintained. This has been defined in
a 3/17/92 document drafted by Arnold Hirshon. A draft of this
revised document is attached as Appendix II and includes
additional important details not mentioned in the body of this
paper. With broader functional interests represented in
several of the new committees, careful thought must be given to
the selection and composition of the committees. LACCC will
have the final jurisdiction on the selection of committee
members and affiliates.
4. That the committee members and associates be selected
by the LACCC in concert with the new chairs by 2/15/93, based
on recommendations received from the library directors in
E. The selection of the committee chairs must recognize
that the roles of the committees change as we reorganize and
move to new stages of OhioLINK's development. If not
officially, then informally, thought needs to be given to the
qualifications of the chairs. While the need for functional
operating proficiency remains, there is a greater need in the
new organizational structure and at this stage of OhioLINK
development, for the chairs to exhibit leadership and
management strengths in planning the priorities and activities
of OhioLINK and transferring these to OhioLINK's staff, task
forces, or whatever work groups are needed. With the OhioLINK
foundation in place, the ability to create and act on new
plans, derived from a vast array of enhancements and new
service possibilities, becomes critical. As the leaders of a
reduced number of standing committees, the chairs will play a
major role in shaping OhioLINK's future and in accomplishing
these critical tasks.
The first act of the LACCC directors will be to present
selections to LAC for approval at the 1/15/93 meeting. Chairs
would serve for a minimum two year assignments and can be
reselected for additional terms.
The Chairs will meet as a group as needed to coordinate agendas
and tasks. The Chairs, as a committee, have no authority over
one another's activities, but act as a communications device
between committees.
Each Chair should routinely supply the other Chairs with
meeting minutes, recommendations and plans for review and
comment. Each chair may advise the other chairs, but such
advice is not binding on the actions of the other committees.
Official comments on other Chair's plans should be made to the
LAC Chair and OhioLINK staff liaisons for purposes of
resolution if significant disagreements exist.
F. Attached as Appendix III is a generic statement of the
scope of responsibilities common to each committee and the
broad functional areas of responsibility for each. Emphasis is
equally split between the priority and agenda setting role and
the operational role. It also allows for more direct use of
OhioLINK staff and time and task-bound task forces to execute
work for each committee's review. The critical new role is in
planning our agendas. The committees should play a major role
in helping make the hard choices among the diverse and often
equally appealing options.
G. We will continue to move forward with current
committees and task forces as needed. The Medical Task Force
Review, the Document Delivery RFP, the CMDC Serials TOC RFI
creation are examples of activities that should continue. If
others are deemed critical, they too should be formed within
the outline and recommendations herein. The following
guidelines will be used henceforth with respect to task force
a. A task force must have a defined purpose, timetable and
expected output.
b. A task force should normally be chaired by a current
member of a committee to provide continuity with the overall
management process.
c. A task force should be kept as small as possible to
facilitate the completion of its work and control its cost.
Three to eight members is a good range depending on the task.
d. To improve the perception and actual level of
participation by associates, priority should be given to their
selection to ad hoc task forces.
e. A task force can be recommended by any chair but must
be approved by the LACCC.
f. Exceptions to these guidelines are allowable with
proper justification.
H. An important point to clarify is the relationship of
OhioLINK central staff to the committees. The second half of
this fiscal year will be our first experience beyond a skeleton
staff level. OhioLINK central will be better prepared to
handle both the day-to-day implementation support as well as
the planning support for the OhioLINK program. With the
increase in full-time staff there will be natural tendency to
take more initiative and responsibility In any event, a new
dynamic will develop that may be perceived as a more centralist
As the OhioLINK agenda becomes more diverse, the need for
OhioLINK staff to play an ongoing and important role in
coordination, advisement and direction of OhioLINK activities
in concert with the committees becomes critical. With every
day knowledge of and involvement in OhioLINK operations, the
OhioLINK staff will be able to provide unique insights into the
potential and practicality of proposed activities. OhioLINK
staff also have been hired with specific expertise and continue
to focus on enhancing those talents. The OhioLINK management
process should tap this resource effectively.. This should be
welcomed while still maximizing OhioLINK member participation
which is required for the program's success. Specifically,
these steps are recommended in concert with the committee
1. Each committee and task force will have an assigned
liaison from OhioLINK staff. Meetings should be planned to
ensure liaison attendance to maximize OhioLINK staff knowledge
of all committee activities and ability to be effective
2. Chairs should work closely with the liaison in planning
meeting agendas, pre-meeting material preparation, document
writing and review and other general activities of the
committee or task forces.
3. The liaison will work hand-in-hand with each committee
to execute its charge. The committees should leverage the
full-time OhioLINK staff's time to maximum effect in planning,
executing and directing the work of the committee for review
and comment.
4. Proposals having operational impact on the OhioLINK
system should specifically include OhioLINK staff in
preparation and be submitted for comment to the OhioLINK
liaison for final review by OhioLINK staff prior to submittal
to the LAC Chair. OhioLINK staff have the most complete
knowledge of the system and can assess the accuracy of the
5. OhioLINK staff, under the direction of the Executive
Director, have responsibility and authority to make day-to-day
operational decisions affecting the Central System. OhioLINK
is in the best position to provide consistent, quality
operational direction. OhioLINK will seek to get timely input
from the appropriate committee in all cases at the discretion
of the Executive Director.
4. A methodology to make and communicate decisions.
The methodology for decision making is in transition and cannot be
clearly defined. Although an outline of our expected plans has been
provided in this document, we will not really know if this outline is
accurate until we begin the planning process.
The plans will provide a device to provide a common knowledge base for
the Governing Board, PAC and LAC. But it is also accurate that how
these as yet uncertain plans will be used among the three is quite
uncertain. Both the contents of plans and the process for deliberating
over them are yet to be determined.
Generally we can expect the LAC to be the prime operationally oriented
group with additional emphasis on policy formation. The PAC's
composition and mission is under review, but is likely to remain
focused on a capacity as watchdog of user interests. The Governing
Board will continue its role as ultimate authority on all OhioLINK
policies, operations, and budgets.
OhioLINK 92/93 - 94/95 PROGRAM
1A Benefits
The major benefits that OhioLINK is to realize for the State of
Ohio can be summarized from the December 1989 OLIS document.
. Improve the Ohio higher education community's ability
to leverage our resources to respond to the
accelerating pace of newly-published material, both
traditional and electronic, that is outstripping the
ability of any single library to acquire, catalog, and
. Maximize the utility of the State's major investment in
library resources through improved access and delivery
. Improve the Ohio information user's ability to keep up
with the ever-increasing volume of information
published in more diverse formats.
. Improve the rapid access to material the users need.
1B Service Goals
The major services by which these benefits will be manifested
also can be summarized from that document.
. OhioLINK will link university libraries and the State
Library so that they will appear as a single resource
to students, faculty and other researchers.
. OhioLINK will be a gateway to the rapidly expanding
world of information stored in electronic formats.
. OhioLINK will use advanced software and hardware
technology to provide researchers with a comprehensive
and intelligent guide to the effective use of library
and information resources.
. Students, faculty and other researchers who want to
borrow materials will receive loaned books and other
materials within several days; photocopied journal
articles and other short texts within 24 hours.
. OhioLINK will provide for more cost-effective use of
existing resources by managing the purchase of new
books and journals more cooperatively, by negotiating
for information services on a statewide basis, and by
bringing economies of scale to software maintenance
agreements and the support of library computer
1C Service Criteria
To guide operational planning and decision making during the
next three years, the afore mentioned benefits and services
must have direct and specific criteria against which proposed
and executed services can be measured. It is fully expected
that more services will be proposed than can be executed at any
point in time.
The major criterion that each service in and of itself, and
each service in relation to other services will be measured
against is its ability to maximize the ratio of Ohio's:
statewide information services delivered
information delivery cost
Increasing state-wide information services by more efficient or
effective means or reducing costs of currently delivered
information improves the ratio. While improvement in
individual institutions' ratios are of value both as
intermediate and end goals, priority is placed on means that
create funda-mental changes or widespread improvements in the
statewide ratio. The improvement can come about through one of
three ways.
a. The capability to improve access to and use of
information resources held by OhioLINK member institutions and
central site at the most advantageous costs.
b. The capability to improve access and use of the vast
array of externally available resources at the most
advantageous costs.
c. The capability to fundamentally improve access and use
of expanded information formats and media in concert with
readily available electronic text-based information and to
provide more useful fundamental means to manipulate all
information formats and media through advanced software.
NOTE: It is recognized that the ratio of delivery of information
services compared to information delivery cost is an illusive,
multi-faceted creature. Measurement of a program's benefit to the
ratio may be arrived at subjectively.
1D User Service Priorities
OhioLINK institutions have three major classes of patrons --
faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students, as well
as the library staff. Additionally, it is hoped to expand
access to OhioLINK resources to the community colleges.
Within the three-year horizon, the general priorities for each
group during this time period which will guide specific service
priorities follow:
Faculty and Graduate Students
. Improve cost effectiveness of acquisition and delivery
of more specialized, expensive, esoteric material while
maintaining and improving access
. Provide services external to the library that improve
the effectiveness and efficiency of research related
information inquiries and improve the ability to
integrate the results with the scholar's other
information materials.
Undergraduate Students
. Improve access and use of home institution and
intra-state materials and databases
. Improve statewide cost effectiveness of commonly-held
or commonly needed materials and databases -- link
these to statewide holdings and availability
. Improve the service levels for the delivery of articles
from the most heavily used serial materials
Community Colleges
. Provide the full range of OhioLINK services and
capabilities to an initial group.
. Plan for full inclusion of the community colleges
within acceptable timeframes and costs to OhioLINK and
each college.
Library Staff and Operations
. Provide significant improvements in management
information that supports the cooperative library
operational effort to share resources more effectively
while still achieving improvement in patron use and
. Improve operational efficiency to reduce costs of per
unit of information supplied.
NOTE: It is recognized that benefits fall into several or all
categories in addition to the prime audience.
The following quick summary is not intended to substitute for the full
a. Optimal Committee Size. Nine (9) regular voting members.
b. Institutional Appointments. Appointments are for the institution, not for the individual.
c. Number of Institutional Representatives per Committee. One maximum.
d. One Appointment Per Person. Normally one committee assignment per person.
e. Staggered Terms. New steering committee members and chairs generally will be assigned an initial term length of 1, 2 or 3 years. Terms will run from January through December. All new appointments will be for three years. All terms are renewable.
f. Representation. All libraries are to be given a fair opportunity to be represented.
g. Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs. Chairs and Vice-Chairs are appointed annually by the LAC Coordinating Committee (LACCC). Vice-Chairs do not automatically succeed the chair.
h. Appointments. The final responsibility rests with the LACCC who will solicit nominations from library directors.
i. Implementation. This system begins immediately for 1993 to establish the staggered appointments. LACCC will set the initial staggered terms and make 1993 appointments.
a. Each institution either has a committee member or an associate named to each committee.
b. Library directors designate committee members and associates nominees.
c. Committee members are paired with associates. The former are responsible for distributing information and soliciting comments.
a. Attendance at Meetings. Committee members are expected to attend all meetings. Associates attend quarterly.
b. Substitutes for Committee Members. Substitutes should rarely attend for a member.
c. Liaisons. Liaisons between committees are permitted.
d. Committee associates have priority for task force assignments.
e. Creation of a task force must be approved by the LACCC.
a. Any library staff member may select to be an affiliate of any one or more of the four standing committees. As such, affiliates will be placed on the committee e-mail lists, receive all committee minutes and other generally discussed committee activities over the e-mail list.
b. Affiliates are free to comment directly to their institution's committee member or directly to the e-mail list.
e. An affiliate remains one as long as the individual desires.
a. To appoint committees that will be effective in building consensus.
b. To appoint committees that are fully representative of the library and user communities.
c. To ensure effective operations by maintaining committees at a useful and manageable size.
d. To ensure that the load of committee work is borne equitably by all institutions, that all institutions participate to the fullest extent practical.
To reach these goals, it is important to: secure the services of the best talent in the state, ensure balanced committee representation, and ensure that committee members meet the needs of the state as a whole rather than represent only the home institution.
The following are general factors that should be considered in the appointment process to achieve the greatest representation practical among participating institutions.
a. Optimal Committee Size. Steering committees normally should be limited to a maximum of nine (9) regular voting members. In addition, committees have associate members (see Section 3 below) and may have appointed ad hoc task forces.
b. Institutional Appointments. Appointments are for the institution, not for the individual. If an individual transfers employment from one OhioLINK institution to another, his or her committee appointment ceases.
As slots become vacant during the year, the institution where the vacancy occurs are given the first priority to replace that individual. If the individual to be replaced brought unique expertise that is still needed by the committee, the institution should be asked to consider whether it can fill this need when making its nomination or whether it would be better to make an appointment from a different institution. If the institution cannot supply the needed expertise, the committee chair may recommend a replacement from the associates' membership.
If the original institution opts not to appoint someone to fill a committee vacancy:
1. and the appointment has more than one year remaining, the LACCC may reappoint from another institution.
2. and the appointment has less than one year remaining, the position will remain vacant until the next appointment cycle.
3. The original institution still needs to appoint someone as a committee member.
Mid-term replacements should be treated as new appointments at the next appointment cycle.
Regular committee membership on all OhioLINK committees is open to the staff of all OhioLINK member institutions and to the separately administered libraries within those institutions, such as their law and medical libraries.
c. Number of Institutional Representatives per Committee. There is a maximum of one institutional representative per committee.
d. One Appointment Per Person. There is normally one committee assignment per person. Multiple appointment are generally avoided so that multiple committees can easily schedule simultaneous meetings and thus make more practical the attendance at OhioLINK meetings of individuals from the same institution on the same day.
e. Staggered Terms.
1. New committee members and chairs generally will be assigned an initial term length of 1, 2 or 3 years. To ensure continuity, committee chairs will receive initial appointments for at least a two-year term.
2. Terms will run from January through December.
3. All new appointments will be for three years.
4. All terms are renewable.
f. Representation. Efforts will be made to ensure that all libraries are given a fair opportunity to be represented on all committees, and that the committee membership is fully representative of the library and user communities.
g. Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs. Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs are appointed annually by the LACCC. All committee chairs should represent different institutions. The Vice-Chair does not automatically succeed the Chair.
h. Appointments. The final appointing responsibility rests with the LACCC as delegated by the Governing Board. Utilizing the LACCC, the Chair will solicit nominations from library directors. To ensure that committee members are fully effective, directors should strongly consider nominating individuals who have had broad managerial or policy preparation experience, and who work effectively with groups.
Following the solicitation of nominations, the LACCC will make all committee appointments. The LACCC will endeavor to balance committee representation by size of library, area of ex-pertise, position levels, etc. Particularly when appointing committee chairs, the LACCC should carefully consider the record of participation and expertise of the prospective appointees.
When considering new appointments, the current committee chairs specifically should recommend to the LACCC non-appointment of committee members who have been completely ineffective as demonstrated by objective criteria. Committee chairs should be encouraged not to recommend individuals who fail to attend meetings regularly, make no verbal contributions at meetings, do no respond to written calls for comments from the chair, etc. By contrast, appointment should occur if the committee chair simply disagrees with the opinions of the committee member.
i. Ad Hoc Task Forces. When the committee considers an issue or problem that requires special expertise not already represented by regular voting members or additional work beyond the committee's capacities, the committee chairs may appoint a task force on an ad hoc basis. The term for a task force shall be based upon the estimated time required to resolve the issue or problem; this generally will be less than one year. The task force chair should be a committee member. Task force membership should be provided to associates on a priority basis. The LACCC must approve the creation of all task forces.
j. Implementation. For 1993, this system will begin immediately. The setting of the staggered terms and all 1993 appointments will be made by the LACCC.
a. Each institution will either be represented on a committee by a committee member or an associate to maintain communication with the committee. In addition, participation on each committee is extended to the law and medical library communities. These two groups will be accorded representation on the active committees (rather than associates).
b. The library director from each institution (or, from the law libraries, the Ohio Regional Consortium of Law Libraries) will be responsible for nominating to the LACCC the committee members or associates for each committee.
c. The relationship between committee members and associates involves the following:
1. Each committee member will be paired with an associate to act as a liaison.
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2. How science can save you from choking. This new bit from Jonah Lehrer is a nice complement to my earlier post on football decision making and the brain.
Kenny Perry could taste history. He had a two-shot lead with two holes to go at the 2009 Masters - all he had to do was not make any big mistakes and he would become, at 48, the oldest Masters champion in history. For three days at Augusta, he had played the best golf of his life: on the first 70 holes, he made only four bogeys. But then, at the 71st hole, everything started to fall apart. . . .
We call such failures "choking", if only because a person frayed by pressure might as well not have oxygen. What makes choking so morbidly fascinating is that the performers are incapacitated by their own thoughts. Perry, for example, was so worried about not making a mistake on the 17th that he played a disastrous chip. His mind sabotaged itself.
Scientists have begun to uncover the causes of choking, diagnosing the particular mental differences that allow some people to succeed while others wither in the spotlight. Although it might seem like an amorphous category of failure, their work has revealed that choking is triggered by a specific mental mistake: thinking too much.
The sequence of events typically goes like this: when people get nervous about performing, they become self-conscious. They start to fixate on themselves, trying to make sure that they don't make any mistakes. This can be lethal for a performer. The bowler concentrates too much on his action and loses control of the ball. The footballer misses the penalty by a mile. In each instance, the natural fluidity of performance is lost; the grace of talent disappears.
Sian Beilock, a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago, has helped illuminate the anatomy of choking. She uses golf as her experimental paradigm. When people are learning how to putt, it can seem daunting. There are just so many things to think about. Golfers need to assess the lay of the green, calculate the line of the ball, and get a feel for the grain of the turf. Then they have to monitor their putting motion and make sure that they hit the ball with a smooth, straight stroke. For an inexperienced player, a golf putt can seem unbearably hard, like a life-sized trigonometry problem.
But the mental exertion pays off, at least at first. Beilock has shown that novices hit better putts when they consciously reflect on their actions. The more time they spend thinking about the putt, the more likely they are to hole the ball. By concentrating on their game, by paying attention to the mechanics of their stroke, they can avoid beginner's mistakes.
A little experience, however, changes everything.
3. "SEC offers great drama, even football." The Big 10 media day, however, does not live up to its frat-guy, party school reputation. (And this gets a link solely because of the Dr. Octagon reference.)
4. Can NCAA athletes be denied access to agents? I don't have a ready answer to this question, though read up about it here. (Ht Dr Saturday.)
5. Monte Kiffin would like to remind you again that he will outwork you. You know, just in case you forgot.
6. An inviting summary:
With the ESPN cameras gone and prize money drying up, the glory years of the Lumberjack world championships appear to be long over.
7. Back when I wrote this, I got a fair bit of heat and disagreement:
Hello! Plaxico Burress is going to jail. . . . [T]he NFL community -- and not just fans -- seem rather blind to the reality that Plaxico faces gun charges with a mandatory minimum sentence and the prosecutors do not appear interested in granting him grace, and so he is going to serve some real jail time. Who he signs with is rather beside the point.
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Manhattan's district attorney says he wants former Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress to serve time in prison, the New York Post reported. Robert Morgenthau told the newspaper that Burress, who shot himself with an unlicensed gun in November, was willing to agree to spend a year in jail, but prosecutors insisted on two.
''We've always taken the position that he's going to have to go to jail, whether by trial or by plea,'' Morgenthau told the Post for a story in Monday's edition.
Again, remember that this gun possession charge Burress was hit with has a two-years mandatory minimum. Sure, he can plead for less, but this doesn't seem a particularly difficult charge to prove: he brought the gun into the club and shot himself. That makes this next bit a bit strange to me.
Brafman [Plaxico's lawyer] had previously said he no longer thought the matter would be resolved through a plea agreement and that prosecutors would take the case to a grand jury. He also said Burress would plead not guilty if the case went to trial.
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The Best Non-Fiction of 2010
PopMatters' writers (a margin-friendly, iconoclastic bunch, for the most part) cast their nets far beyond the world of culture-production to capture some of the best non-fiction books published in 2010.
Once again the death of the book, and of reading, has been wildly exaggerated. It's as though authors of the world, particularly those tilling the nonfiction side of the field, didn't get the memo that they were supposed to ramp up their tweeting and stop wasting time researching and writing well-reasoned, deeply-constructed, and thoroughly nuanced studies of just about every possible subject out there. Maybe their email wasn't working that day.
While nonfiction can sometimes be categorized as fiction's dowdier, sterner sibling – its writers the library nerds of the book world, compared to the novelists' popular crowd (no Oprah Book Club or fetes at the KGB Bar for historical biographers or chroniclers of the financial system) – the breadth and depth of what they cover can make novels seem almost limited by comparison. In 2010, some of the books that we loved looked at everything from punks and capitalism and the blurred morality of mid-century medical research to Italian schlock horror cinema and journalism's blurred line between fact and fiction.
Cultural matters weighed heavily in our book coverage this year, of course, with an emphasis on great bands of yore. One of our writers lavished praise on Glenn Povey's big, splashy Pink Floyd extravaganza Echoes ("A mountain of research fired by love for the band") and was similarly taken by Sean Wilentz's "extraordinary study" Bob Dylan in America. For more up-to-date musical considerations, there was Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly's rampantly demented Destroy All Movies!!!, a painstakingly compiled chronology of just about every flickering appearance of punks in film (a task that, given the proclivities of exploitation cinema, necessitated trolling through some particularly dusty and glorious hideous stacks of VHS trash). There was also punk poetess Patti Smith's lovingly crafted and widely acclaimed National Book Award-winning memoir, Just Kids, one of the few books that our writers (a margin-friendly, iconoclastic bunch, for the most part) raved about with as much enthusiasm as the wider critical community.
Some of the more fringe titles that we pulled out of the great flow of new releases included everything from Iain Gilchrist's perception-studying The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World (which our writer called "mind-bending") and Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds, a re-release of Maitland McDonagh's in-depth celebration of Italian horror-film maestro Dario Argento. While books on politics and current affairs were for the most part absent from what we thought to be the year's best (the latest slew of pro- and con-President Obama titles, like Rodger D. Hodge's excorating The Mendacity of Hope, or either just feeding the 24-hour news-cycle gossip churn or preaching to their respective choirs), our writers cast their nets far beyond the world of culture-production. Rebecca Skloot's devastating The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was likened by our reviewer to "a slap in the face, like seeing the televised shots from the Ninth Ward post-Hurricane Katrina" while Brian Cumings' The Korean War was called "an insurrectionary work of history that leaves few preconceptions intact."
In short, if somebody said that they couldn't find something interesting to read in 2010, it just meant that they likely weren't looking very hard. The good work of many fine authors awaits you.
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Author: Sean Wilentz
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We all play folk music. This central idea drives this book's compelling narrative. In Wilentz's view, Dylan became a sacred intersection for the varying paths of populist Americana, a hierophant of the folk spirit that has included everything and everyone from Walt Whitman's liturgy of American democracy to Jack Kerouac's "sounds of matching boxcars" to Aaron Copland's hymns in praise of the common man and the democratic landscape. Dylan found the real America, before that term had been abused by right-wing ideologues seeking to become puppet-masters to angry mobs. Bob Dylan in America collages all of these elements, tracing Dylan's career by tracing his influences. Throughout the work, Wilentz shows an unfailing ability to synthesize his discussion of Dylan's music with the best history lesson you are likely to ever get on left-wing populist art and thought. He surely and deftly examines the influence of figures as diverse as Copland to Blind Willie McTell on, not just Dylan's music, but on the America he sought to evoke. W. Scott Poole
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This book illuminates how artificial light and its twin invention, electricity, have in one way or another shaped everything that we have become. It follows the path of this catalyzing technology as it winds it way from the last Ice Age into present day. As Brox connects the dots from early humans using stone lamps for painting the walls at Lascaux, to the the whaling trade as it arose to supply the world with lamp oil, to Edison's Menlo Park and the dawn of modernity, to the massive power grids of today, a story of evocation begins to emerge. Seeing the broad strokes of history laid out in front of you, it's difficult not to see a form taking shape in the flickering candlelight. Brox shows that technology, as extensions of our own bodies and minds, are what shape humanity; not the messages contained in the technology, nor the petty power struggles of day to day politics and ideologies. We have made our tools, and in turn our tools have made us. George Russell
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Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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Dario Argento stands out among Giallo directors as one of the few to achieve limited success outside of Italy (Mario Bava would be another example). An auteur that specialized in blood and guts, Argento's work fused the art film and exploitation cinema into a mix that McDonagh perfectly captures with the phrase "exuberant bad taste". Maitland, who maintains an excellent website of film criticism at MissFlickChick.com, has written a learned yet accessible entrepôt to Argento's baroque world, a guide to the brilliant director's mind and his savage bedtime stories. This book, combined with other recent studies of Argento and the increasing availability of these once hard to find films, suggests that we are possibly in the midst of a minor, blood-spattered renaissance of "the Italian Hitchcock's" oeuvre. W. Scott Poole
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When she is not a political scientist, Schiff is a student and critic of past historians. Schiff points out that the life of Cleopatra was narrated mostly by victorious Romans after Cleopatra's death; if Cleopatra's first biographers had been sympathetic to her cause, we might have an entirely different image of this controversial queen. One of the most surprising pleasures of the book is Schiff's tart humor. At one point, she notes, "Octavian was good at restoring traditions, including those that had never existed." In another aside, Schiff describes a young man who had an unusually strong sense of filial devotion; given the frequency with which monarchs undermined their own parents in the ancient world, "in the normal course of events [this young man] would have been preparing to depose his mother about now." When Cleopatra must tactfully advocate for her own survival, Schiff points out, "She always knew how to talk to a man." Sharp aphorisms, well-chosen quotations, juicy and surprising language—storytelling rarely gets better than this. Schiff takes her understandably limited array of credible sources and creates a coherent, believable narrative. Dan Barrett
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James Shapiro furthers the argument that the "secret" of Shakespeare's achievement is no secret at all: it's a matter of a brilliant mind working with and through the material and means made available by the culture in which it existed. Shapiro demonstrates how Shakespeare's plays everywhere evidence their author's close working relationship with Shakespeare's theatrical company (first called the Chamberlain's Men, then the King's Men after the ascension of James I to the English throne): stage directions in early printed versions of the plays that substitute the name of the actor playing the part for the character's name; allusions to the distinctive physical appearances of certain members of the company; the suitability of Shakespeare's late plays to an indoor theater like the Blackfriars (where the King's Men began performing around 1610) as opposed to the large, outdoor theaters for which many of Shakespeare's earlier plays were written. Shapiro makes clear that more often than not a rejection of Shakespeare as the author of his plays opens onto complex belief systems and ways of viewing the world that have very little to do, directly at least, with Shakespeare or his plays. James Williams


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Smart, the Cowboys' playmaking freshman, nailed a 3-pointer from the left wing to launch a 16-5 run that put Oklahoma State (6-1) in control in the second half. He finished it off by hitting another 3, then making a quick steal in the backcourt before setting up Brown's layup for a 48-34 lead with 7:29 remaining.
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Flashback: Arnold Palmer Field Holds Tiger in Awe
(Editor's note: As many of you may remember, around this time last year Tiger Woods sank a curling 25-foot putt on the final green to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Doral followed, and many were wondering if Tiger would win every tournament he entered in 2008. At ARMCHAIR GOLF, I filed this Q&A.)
ARMCHAIR GOLF caught up with The Field after Tiger's stunning victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Q: Thanks for doing this. It must be difficult after such a heartbreaking loss to Tiger Woods. What were you thinking when Tiger was standing over that last putt?
THE FIELD: That there's no earthly way a human being can make that putt to win a golf tournament. We thought we had played well enough to get into a playoff.
Q: Then it goes in.
THE FIELD: Right.
Q: Pretty clever to throw Bart Bryant at him.
THE FIELD: We didn't plan it. It just worked out that way this week. Frankly, we'll take anybody who can play decent and keep his lunch down when Tiger's name is on the leaderboard.
Q: Tiger's record and current win streak are phenomenal. How do you explain his dominance?
THE FIELD: Where do we begin? The guy does everything so well. He won a heckuva lot when he had some weaknesses. Now he's really hitting his stride. What's Tiger won against us − five straight?
Q: Yes, five on the PGA Tour and seven worldwide.
THE FIELD: Right. Another thing, though, is he really knows how to pick his events. He's very fussy about his schedule, where he plays, how he prepares. We have to play every single week.
Q: That's true, but you're putting about 130 guys up against Tiger every time he tees it up no matter where he plays. Shouldn't that be an advantage?
THE FIELD: Actually, it's more like 70 players. That's about how many make the cut and play on the weekend. So we're only really putting 70 up against Tiger.
Q: OK, 70. How do you like your chances this week?
THE FIELD: Tiger has won five in a row and three straight at Doral. How do you like our chances? Seriously, over the years our record is pretty good at Doral. But we're not going to pop off. We don't want to give Tiger any bulletin board material.
Q: What's your game plan?
THE FIELD: We just have to go in there and, after our guys make the cut, take it 70 shots at a time and hope we have a good week. It doesn't really do any good to worry about what Tiger's doing. We just have to focus on our own 70 games.
Q: And hope you get a win against Tiger soon?
THE FIELD: Well, sure. But even if we don't we can take away some positives.
Q: Like what?
THE FIELD: We're doing well on the money list. Some of us will make the Ryder Cup team. Stuff like that.
Q: I see what you mean. Thanks, and good luck this week.
THE FIELD: You're welcome.
(This is an ARMCHAIR GOLF spoof.)
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Great post...too much truth in it to be that much of a spoof.
- Unknown said...
I've been golfing and betting a long, long time, but I never recall any other individually performing athlete having people bet on him/her against the field on major events. And the odds are rotten. I think the only other athlete I may have even considered taking versus the field was tennis player Martina Navratilova. Of course, I would have taken her against the field of WWF wrestlers like Andre The Giant, Hulk Hogan and the Undertaker. Did you ever check out her left forearm??
- The Armchair Golfer said...
Martina definitely = domination.
- Vincetastic said...
Tiger is back! Great post Armchair Golfer, really creative and funny. I think people might enjoy this list, since Tiger and Arnold Palmer are both on it. I'm not sure if Byron Nelson's record of 18 single season records will ever be broken.
The Top Ten Most PGA Tour Wins in a Single Season Since 1916: http://www.toptentopten.com/topten/most+pga+tour+wins+in+a+single+season+since+1916


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The first trailer for the action romantic comedy Hit and Run has gone online. Dax Shepard stars as an ex-getaway driver who exits the Witness Protection program to drive his pretty girlfriend to Los Angeles so that she can land her dream job. The authorities and his former gang (led by Bradley Cooper) get wind of his reappearance and set out to chase him down. Shepard wrote and co-directed the film with David Palmer, and it actually looks like a pretty fun comedy. Cooper appears to be having a blast as a flashy gang member, and real-life couple Shepard and Bell have some excellent chemistry. Moreover, Tom Arnold is in fine form as a U.S. Marshal who's trying to protect Shepard's character.
Hit the jump to watch the trailer. The film also stars Kristin Chenoweth, Beau Bridges, David Koechner, Joy Bryant (Parenthood), and Ryan Hansen (Party Down). Hit and Run hits theaters on August 24th.
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Here's the synopsis for Hit and Run:
Charlie Bronson, a former getaway driver busts out of the Witness Protection Program to drive his girlfriend to Los Angeles so she can land her dream job. Their road trip grows awkwardly complicated, when they are chased by the feds, and increasingly dangerous, when Charlie's former gang of criminals enter the fray.


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Sunday, September 14, 2008
NASCAR Now on ESPN2: The Morning Edition
After almost eight months of racing and then talking about it, here we are. ESPN2's re-vamped NASCAR Now TV series is about to preview the first race in The Chase for the Championship for 2008.
This Sunday morning one hour edition has been slowly gaining ground on the big brother Sunday night wrap-up show at 10PM. Nicole Manske and Ryan Burr both host the morning show, which features a ton of ESPN folks with news and comments from the Sprint Cup Series tracks.
This weekend, ESPN fell victim once again to the "ESPN only" syndrome and eliminated all mention of NASCAR's Craftsman Truck Series race in Loudon. The simple and childish reason it was pushed off the map is because it was on SPEED. This issue also happened last year at this time.
The Truck race was dumped off the NASCAR Now racing schedule page and was not even promoted by the ESPN announcers who were on the air from the very same track. A sad commentary on the current state of the ESPN and NASCAR relationship.
ESPN replaced the Truck Series race with NHRA information, even though the name of the show is NASCAR Now. So, it should be interesting to see if the Sunday morning show uses footage from the Saturday NCTS race. The race was pretty good, but the fight on pit road after was outstanding. Brought back memories of Jimmy Spencer at Riverside Speedway in Agawam, MA.
Dr. Jerry Punch is a former medical doctor who practiced for a very long time. His silence on the Ron Hornaday steroid issue has been puzzling. Perhaps, the Sunday morning NASCAR Now program is a good place for him to man-up and speak to fans about the testosterone replacement therapy that Hornaday was attempting and why it had nothing to do with performance-enhancement.
Also silent on this issue have been Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree. Both men know Hornaday and Jarrett is about the same age. Their views on this subject should be interesting to hear. It was NASCAR Now's Lead Reporter Marty Smith who teamed with host Nicole Manske on Friday to deliver a stinging rebuke of ESPN the Magazine reporter Shaun Assael's assertions of Hornaday's steroid use as performance-enhancing.
The in-fighting at ESPN is almost more fun to watch than the COT on a flat track like Loudon. This show should also have the UPS news of David Ragan sponsorship and a look at Joey Logano taking to the Cup Series in the #96 rental car.
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- Unknown said...
Watching NN to see if they have any mention of the fracas after the truck race tomorrow - 10 minutes in - previewing the chase.
Also - why is ESPN so "wet" (rain analogy) over Logano?
Wow have Tod Bodine on to talk about the chase - lets see if they ask about the truck race.
Bill H
- September 14, 2008 at 10:12 AM
- Unknown said...
Todd's done, they never mentioned that he drives a truck???????
Never knew Todd had so much experience in the Chase.
Bill H
- September 14, 2008 at 10:13 AM
- Anonymous said...
umm - Todd doesn't - guess you knew that.
Showed truck fracas up front and Bodine commented then-
- September 14, 2008 at 10:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
hello, they showed the fracus off the top of the show and said they would show much more later.
- September 14, 2008 at 10:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
Craven is better on this Sun morning show than Bodine
- September 14, 2008 at 10:21 AM
- Unknown said...
They showed it? Guess thats what I get for not turning on the show immedietly and missing the first 2 minutes. (insert sarcasm anywhere in that sentence).
Bill H
- September 14, 2008 at 10:24 AM
- Anonymous said...
notice you NO drivers other than K Busch are talking to ESPN? so far
- September 14, 2008 at 10:28 AM
- Unknown said...
Good point Anon- lets see if anyone other than Shrub talks to them in the next 1/2 hour
Bill H
- September 14, 2008 at 10:29 AM
- Mary said...
Seems they're not going to let go on the Smoke/Zippy "conversation" - just like a Jack Russell with a bone....
- September 14, 2008 at 10:48 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Poor Ryan Burr in a full business suit and tie in the middle of the rain in the NASCAR pits.
- September 14, 2008 at 10:48 AM
- Anonymous said...
Logano is starting his first Cup race! You don't think he is worth hearing from?
- September 14, 2008 at 10:49 AM
- Unknown said...
Show almost over and they talked to Shrub and Logano. Wow!
Bill H
- September 14, 2008 at 10:50 AM
- Anonymous said...
They had sound from Addington, Stewart, JJ, Jr, Gordon, Burton. What show are you watching?
- September 14, 2008 at 10:53 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Should be interesting to see what Truck highlights they can squeeze in with six minutes left.
- September 14, 2008 at 10:53 AM
- Lou said...
So far I am enjoying Todd Bodine on NN. He does give a good driver perspective and was easy to follow, even though he does drive in the truck series only. Todd and Nicole seem to be able to have a normal conversation with no yelling.
I think I have had enough of J Logano. I realize he has been successful in all he has done. But enough please. Let him perform well atleast in a cup race. Last time I checked there are 43 cars in the race.
Glad to see they did discuss the fracas after the truck race. Convenient that with Todd on the show he gets the last word, lol.
Will be watching Hotpass this afternoon. Last espn show of the day to include the abc network. In that I want to watch a race which espn/abc has yet to provide us.
- September 14, 2008 at 11:01 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
That worked out well, Manske certainly is good at directing traffic. Did miss Ricky Craven though, he and Manske are a very good pair on this show.
- September 14, 2008 at 11:01 AM
- Unknown said...
Anonymous said...
They had sound from Addington, Stewart, JJ, Jr, Gordon, Burton. What show are you watching?
I would think that was just pool feed, there was no interview.
Bill H
- September 14, 2008 at 11:47 AM
- Anonymous said...
TDP: "Dr. Jerry Punch is a former medical doctor who practiced for a very long time. His silence on the Ron Hornaday steroid issue has been puzzling. Perhaps, the Sunday morning NASCAR Now program is a good place for him to man-up and speak to fans about the testosterone replacement therapy that Hornaday was attempting and why it had nothing to do with performance-enhancement."
Dr. Punch is not a mind reader, so he doesn't have the definitive answers about the supposedly sincere motives of Hornaday and his HGH-shipment-ordering wife. Neither does TDP. Punch can't say why Hornaday was using it for sure and shouldn't be called on to do so. Hornaday said his piece explaining and folks can choose to believe him or not.
On another blog here, "Two Sides of ESPN" another TDP reader mentioned that the expert that NASCAR itself hired for its drug testing program has questions about testosterone use within NASCAR. On scenedaily.com. I think some folks here should read it if they are so interested in an expert view.
- September 14, 2008 at 12:07 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
The only inference that Punch should be a mind reader on this issue is yours.
A simple explanation of the difference between a substance like testosterone that the body produces and anabolic steroids that are created for performance-enhancement would go a long way to get some credibility back for ESPN.
- September 14, 2008 at 12:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
A quick check on a few articles about testosterone therapy tells me that it can help men improve their energy level and 'cognitive function'.... I personally don't think that's why he was taking it, I believe Ron, but that could be a side effect & there is nothing wrong with ESPN reporters bringing up (originally) the possibility. I do not believe their story was balanced, but even if it was, I would expect them to bring to light that information. I just wouldn't have sensationalized it as they did. But I didn't need to be a doctor to figure that out--and a non-practicing trauma surgeon may know less about it than Assael after the amount of research he did. Finding an expert in the field of prescribed testosterone therapy might have been a better choice.
- September 14, 2008 at 7:11 PM


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CENTURION: Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Anil Kumble on Sunday described his side's nine-wicket crushing of underdogs Guyana in their opening Champions League Twenty20 match here as a "perfect game" with his players coming up with an all-round show.
"It was a perfect game. We came up with an all-round show. The bowlers did a great job to restrict Guyana to 103 and then the batsmen finished off the match in style. It is good feeling that we have started the tournament with a win," Kumble said after RCB's nine-wicket victory.
He said once the Guyana top-order, including captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, were out cheaply, his players knew they had a chance to restrict the opposition to a small total.
"The first couple of overs were critical. Once Sarwan was out cheaply, the pressure was on them. When we chased the thought was always there to end the match fast (to boost the net run-rate], but you needed solid platform too. Rahul and Kallis did just that for Robin to be able to tee off," he said.
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To his contemporaries Ike Taiga was an eccentric marvel, an artist who lived according to the promptings of his own inner voice, indifferent to the worldly preoccupations of those around him. The life of the man who would become a pivotal creative force of eighteenth-century Japan began in an unremarkable way. He was born into a lower middle-class family in Kyoto on the fourth day of the Fifth month of 1723. He was a child prodigy, producing his first calligraphy by the age of three, about the time his father died. By age six he began his formal education in calligraphy and Chinese classics. In his mid-teens he opened a fan shop in Kyoto to support himself and his widowed mother. His shop became prominently mentioned in contemporary guidebooks of Kyoto as one of the "must-see" places to visit.
During a prodigious career that spanned four decades, Taiga produced over 1,000 calligraphies and paintings, many large-scale screens and fusuma (sliding doors). His creative output demonstrates an impressive range of styles, techniques, composition, and subject matter, and his inventiveness and endless experimentation fueled the emergence of the Nanga school—as well as laid the groundwork for multiple paths that Japanese artists would follow in succeeding generations.
Tokuyama Gyokuran was a significant artist in her own right, and equally famed in her own time as her husband. While Taiga was her early mentor in Nanga-style painting, Gyokuran was influential in Taiga's study of Japanese classical verse. Gyokuran herself boasted a mother and grandmother who were noted poets of their day. Gyokuran's calligraphy reveals an elegant touch, and her paintings show her supple and distinctive brushwork. Accounts of Gyokuran and Taiga's bohemian lifestyle in their small studio next to the Gion shrine in Kyoto abound, and contemporary woodcuts show them painting or playing music together in a space strewn with books and papers.


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When the Miami Heat won their first championship in 2006, then-coach Pat Riley decided to enter the following season without major roster changes.
The plan failed.
Many players showed up for training camp out of shape, and the Heat eventually got swept in the first playoff round.
This time, Riley believes, things will be much different. He doesn't see any way that a core of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh would go into any season — much less one where they could win a third straight title — not prepared to chase another championship. So this summer, the Heat aren't planning any major roster changes, the clear belief being that the team in Miami now should be good enough to contend again in 2014.
"We're the fugitive and they're still coming after us," said Riley, the Heat president. "And that motivates the hell out of me. It really does, because I don't want to get caught, not with what we have. And I don't the players feeling like they can get caught, either. That's why the improvement needs to come from within and we need to be smart about what we're doing."
LeBron Not Thinking About 2014 Yet
Riley wrapped up the season with a 40-minute interview session Wednesday, opining on everything from his ninth championship season ("I've been lucky," he said in a clear understatement) to coach Erik Spoelstra's story that his boss came knocking on the door of his hotel suite after the 113-77 loss in Game 3 of the NBA Finals against San Antonio with three bottles of wine ("The wine was already there — and it was opened," was Riley's recollection).
Occasional laughs aside, Riley also pointed out repeatedly that the work awaiting the Heat in the coming months is serious.
"We're just going to keep everything very fluid," Riley said. "I think that's the key. What we just experienced, three straight years, (297) games, two consecutive world championships, we are so giddy about that and proud of our team and also excited that what we did three years ago has led us to this. The challenge is not 'Can we win another championship?' The challenge is how to manage it within the confines of a very punitive collective bargaining agreement."
None of Riley's proclamations about his hopes for next season's roster were exactly surprising. First, as expected, he announced that the team is exercising its $4 million option on point guard Mario Chalmers, who has started every game in which he's appeared in the past two seasons, with a knack for coming up big in the biggest moments.
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He also wants Chris Andersen and Ray Allen back, as do their teammates from this season. Andersen has given indications that he wants to return, including announcing at the team's championship rally on Monday that he wants to chase a "threepeat" — a word Riley actually trademarked several years ago. And as Riley was speaking Wednesday, Andersen was in the nearby weight room, getting in a workout.
"We love Chris Andersen and we want him back," Riley said. "He will obviously be informed by his agents as to all of the ramifications of what's out there, as to what we can do. So until July 1, we won't know. But we would love to have Chris back."
Allen could opt to leave, though said several times that he enjoyed the makeup of this Heat roster.
Allen wound up hitting perhaps the biggest shot in Heat history, the 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds left in regulation of Game 6 of the finals that forced overtime and saved the Heat's season. That shot by Allen was part of a wild sequence where the Heat rallied from a five-point deficit with 28 seconds left to play, and where security workers had already dragged out a yellow rope to seal the court in anticipation of a Spurs' celebration.
"He's a very, very smart man and that playing with LeBron James and Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade and all of the other players that he has become very close to, I think he'll make the wise decision," Riley said.
There are some difficult luxury-tax-related decisions for the Heat to make in the not-so-distant future, and one of the ways Miami could create some flexibility for itself would be to use its one-time amnesty provision. Mike Miller, who's due to make about $13 million over the next two seasons, has been often mentioned as someone who could be jettisoned by the Heat.
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For now, Riley doesn't sound like an advocate of that plan, saying he'll leave the money decisions up to managing general partner Micky Arison and the rest of the Heat executive branch.
"He's a great player," Riley said. "So unless I get a mandate about (amnesty), we haven't talked about it. We just want to keep this team together."
Still, some changes will almost certainly happen.
The Heat had a two-day visit this past season with Greg Oden, the No. 1 overall pick in 2007 who has played exactly 82 games in his NBA career because of relentless knee issues. And with the Heat almost certainly not having the financial flexibility to get into the mix for big-money free agents, taking a flyer on someone like Oden might be the sort of move Miami makes this summer.
"We will explore that and see where it goes," Riley said.
One guy who isn't going anywhere, for now, is Riley himself.
With nine championships now and a Hall of Fame legacy as a coach, there is obviously nothing left for the son of Schenectady, N.Y. to prove in the NBA. But he remains driven by more, and perked up Wednesday when talking about how he may have "I ain't got no worries" — a line James used after winning this title — inscribed on the 2013 championship rings, and how the challenge of the next 12 months should energize the franchise.
If the Heat had lost Game 6 of the finals, he said major changes might have been forthcoming. But now, there's no need for wholesale departures, and that applies to him as well.
"Why would I want to get off this train?" Riley said. "As long as Micky will have me, I will be here."


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The Obama administration's proposal to limit tax savings for itemized deductions, including those for charitable contributions, would prompt donors to reduce their gifts by $9.4 billion a year, according to a study by the American Enterprise Institute.
Arthur Brooks, the conservative think tank's president and author of the study, told nonprofit leaders on Capitol Hill this week that the reduction would cause "massive" harm to their sector, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported Thursday.
Limiting tax savings on itemized deductions to 28%—down from the current 39.6%—would cause charitable donations to fall by 4%, Brooks said.
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